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Klappentext This interdisciplinary collection is concerned with important theoretical and methodological issues facing women's studies. Drawing on feminist theory and politics it addresses a range of questions raised for women's studies by work conducted in history, literature, politics and sociology. The editors provide a context for these debates in their introductory essay which gives an overview of the development of women's studies and reflects on its current position. In their concluding chapter they also suggest a framework from which women's studies might move forward. Zusammenfassung This interdisciplinary collection is concerned with important theoretical and methodological issues facing women's studies. Drawing on feminist theory and politics it addresses a range of questions raised for women's studies by work conducted in history! literature! politics and sociology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Doing Things Differently? A Context for Women's Studies in the Next Decade; J.de Groot & M.Maynard - Investing Ourselves: Use of Researcher Personal Response in Feminist Methodology; C.Kirkwood - 'Woman Centred Politics': A Concept for Exploring Women's Political Perceptions; A-M.Barry - Cross Purposes: Literature, (in)discipline and Women's Studies; T.Broughton - Problems of Theory and Method in Feminist History; U.C.Schmidt - Looking from the 'Other' Side; Is Cultural Relativism a Way Out?; F.Bektay - Equality and Difference. Approaches to Feminist Theory and Politics; C.Kulke - Facing the 90s. Problems and Possibilities for Women's Studies; J.de Groot & M.Maynard - Index
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Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Doing Things Differently? A Context for Women's Studies in the Next Decade; J.de Groot & M.Maynard - Investing Ourselves: Use of Researcher Personal Response in Feminist Methodology; C.Kirkwood - 'Woman Centred Politics': A Concept for Exploring Women's Political Perceptions; A-M.Barry - Cross Purposes: Literature, (in)discipline and Women's Studies; T.Broughton - Problems of Theory and Method in Feminist History; U.C.Schmidt - Looking from the 'Other' Side; Is Cultural Relativism a Way Out?; F.Bektay - Equality and Difference. Approaches to Feminist Theory and Politics; C.Kulke - Facing the 90s. Problems and Possibilities for Women's Studies; J.de Groot & M.Maynard - Index
